Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-11

skxEftagtN vas ruoe7g - fle,,&0e ~
s-.,5est b our back pasture thu
ms morning heold Berkshire
1850 dad By The fence. Upon ex-|
49, i became evident there had
- battle Of the giants " during
- '.,<,.t rafting In the discomhture
$500 81 the " Gttest " in every
- ~ ersstt that one qualification,
s...s soFee The men said the even
$3.50 ,lssy had seen . 9 wild boar "
!. ~ sdunt described nos long since
- : F.usilIas Talks, " with his long
-. ~ riding tuaks hunchea back.
- -. Isnn sldes, shaggy name and
- sSas, 81 evidence Of hardships
..s-sds--thsaFuggl for life that had
49, luso ferocity hkened 70 that
y z iks eriiz1ig bear.
~ pesk. weighed In his prime near
- fansred pounds; be waz MOI only
1890, hns also yAIuabie--hls sire
= hester than he-costing over one
snodred dollars. And yet such must
!. s.eri6ced IN consequence Of the
..ais with some farmers 70 keep more
~, han can be properly kept. II Is
~ nat We have favored fhe policy q
- legislation. not more, On kindred
soles sIse We certainly vould cry out
,T.laS to authorize the indiseflmsn-
- dutfuction Of al such brutes as
susmies 10 civilization and progress.
SOWING oATs.
sOme unknown bard, not versed In
AZ squable cline Of Washington, |
writes:
when grass comes creeping and the l
mellow notes
On Joyous birds are heard, then SOW
your oats;
And re he music Of the pepper floats |
On Ternal breezes, plow and SOW the |
oats.
We hear that In the Willamette val !
lev no ineonsiderable portion Of the
al crop Is sown in the fan. As the
climate there is like q with rs here.
mild In winter, why not : sow your
oats before " the music Of the pepper
aoasf" Experience, however, from
farmers would be better than mere
hsarsay or theory; 50 would invite as
many q will 70 speak out In meet
ins On the question Of sowing oats IN
thsfan.
pRousHT AID pRAEEAeK.
The drainage Is In its Infancy here.
About one hundred and City thousand
vas laid last year in the Pnyallup val
Icy. The notes Of preparation Tor ex-
lsnsive drainage are heard all over the
Territory. There IL no question but
thorough drainage Is the salvation Of
large areas Of our land. The fact
seems 90 patent that Il would appear
10 be Unnecessary to state 50 settled
an AXIOM, yet in no less respectable
. Journal than the New York Tribune
Of recent date We find > correspond
snce conspicuously displayed arrAign-
ing drainage, charging the great
Scourge Of the prevailing drought
upon tile drainage, and chaTacterizing
itaa craze" This correspondent
nays, speaking OF Illinois;
Now that nearly every lake and
swamp has been drained, most Of the
ponds dried out. most Of the sloughs
smptied, aud the water leYel Of the
country lowered from ten to fifteen /
iees, and in consequence Of changed |
condition. drouth comes and the eif
mates OF the south Of Europe appear I
In lllinois."
Il would be safe 10 wager that this
man Is no practical farmer or deep
thinker, else be wonld never have
nshed into print IN q TRADE against /
drainage unless Il was simply 20 gain |
notohety. and In that event the case
would not be bettered.
The following, from the pen Of G. +.
Carlson, agricultural editor OF the
Iowa State Register, Is 50 full Of truth
and so much 10 the point that we pub
lIah the whole article without the fear
Of firing the readers Of the PosT-
lSrrLLIGEScER upon this Interesting
and important subject. fIasays.
"science seems 70 Be AZ fault for the
cause Of droath. The learned as well /
Is the unlearned aFe trying b. account
lor Iowa's drouth TO The absence. by
increased cultivation and tile drainage.
q ponds, sloughs and green heritage,
Tor sources OF evaporation TO supply /
moisture 10 the atmosphere. And yet
Texas, lying along the gulf shore, with
The winds inland half Of the time. has
more intense and longer continued
drouths than Iowa. Southern CaiifoF.
MA and Southwestern Mexico, on the
peninsula lying between The ocean and
he Gull Of California, with the winds
inland which have swept from three 10
i've thousand miles across the Pacific,
are burned and Scorched by the total
absence Of rain for seven months OF
every year. How is this TO be account
I'd Tor on the Iowa theory
IL u well 10 study many OF the loca- |
tons Of the earth where Il is period. l
eAlly afflicted with drouth or drenched |
ey almost continuous rains. Two
Aings. or conditions Of atmosphere.
are necessary 10 produce rain. Warm
atmosphere Is capable Of retaining Tar |
more moisture than cold. An atmos-
pnere at 20 degrees is capable Of hold |
ng only ~ parts Of moisture. while an |
atmosphere at 60 degrees Is capable OF
retaining 50 degrees Of moisture. SO
RNill be easily nnde stood that II two
currents Of atmosphere, one a. % and
ne other al 80, come In contact, as ire
qaenuy Is the case in hot weather,
here must be a condensation OF the
moetafe IN the lowered temperature
q tie combined curreata. and u .
SrecipitAted In the shape Of rain.
Egypt i rainlesS. though its Atmoe-
nhere is saturated with noistnra froa
ne Mediterranean sea, yet The burning
1nds 81 the Lyhian desert. which heats
ne atmosphere OF Egypt 90 q hight
above the regions Of ell moist atmos-
pAefe, 80 that Il rarely lowers the TEN
Rsfature 80 as % cause precipitation.
" TIE summer season in Southern Cal
Eornia, in that valley between the
ocean and the San Bernardino range
q mountains, the atmosphere Is heat
q 70 more than twelve thousand feet
q altitude. shove which Il Is not
Proeable that the atmosphere charged